To: All New York City EmployeesFrom: Citi Realty Services
Please be advised that effective Monday, June 1, the name and address of the Citigroup Center building will become 601 Lexington Avenue.
Employees will note the newly constructed main entrance on Lexington Avenue, which will be open and operational on Monday. All building employees can continue to utilize all building entrances and turnstiles as usual. All visitors, however, will be required to use the new entrance, where the Security Desk will be relocated.
These changes were made by the building's landlord, Boston Properties, to greatly enhance the building and reflect its prestigious tenancy.
Please note that for mailing purposes, the address 153 E 53rd Street will remain valid as a secondary address. There is no change required for letterhead, business cards, etc.
Thank you.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:14AM
Definite burn
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:17AM
@1- I don't even think Citi gets that it's being dissed.
Posted by Mike_Oxbig , May 29, 2009 10:20AM
is it just me or is that building made of legos?
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:20AM
PWNT
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:21AM
When does CitiField become the more prestigious "123-01 Roosevelt Avenue"?
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:22AM
Jefferies is the new prestige.
Learn it.
Live it.
Love it.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:22AM
@3 - When I first looked at that picture I could've sworn it was a lego building on top of an answering machine.
Strangely, that is an apt metaphor for 'Citi'.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:27AM
Citi is an enigma rapped in a riddle and smothered in a nice paradox reduction.
Bobby Flay. bitches!
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:28AM
Also, the official spelling of toxicity has been changed to "toxiciti".
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:28AM
What is this, a building for ants! It needs to be at least 3x the size!
Posted by MoneyBoss , May 29, 2009 10:29AM
Uh, it *IS* a lego building.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:30AM
AAAH #10 you beat me to it!!
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 10:33AM
@5 - ftw
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:00AM
Glad there's that church there. They're going to need it.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:05AM
How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read if they can't even fit inside the building?
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:17AM
Thanks Bess. Just the title made me laugh out loud.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:23AM
"to greatly enhance the building and reflect its prestigious tenancy." By getting rid of the Citi name.
God I love how dumb that company is.
Thanks for this Bess, was a great laugh haha.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:26AM
Where is the label pointing out the hobo fortress (made of laundry carts) outside of the church? Walking by "the fortress" at night is some scary shiii - usually rolling about 6 deep
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:28AM
@6 Beyond me why people diss Jefferies
The firm is healthy and bringing in a lot more talent....just seems stupid
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:55AM
Evict the mof already!
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:55AM
a little too close to home, 19?
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 11:57AM
@21 Naw I don't work there
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 12:15PM
They should at least give it a name. The LeMessurier Building would be appropriate.
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 2:01PM
So what will the GM building be called?
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 2:29PM
Let the tenant on 56 have have the name and get somebody to steal the "i" so it reads Semens.
Posted by Tax Chick , May 29, 2009 3:09PM
@24 The UAW Building
Posted by guest , May 29, 2009 4:08PM
"The Phallus Palace"
Posted by guest , May 30, 2009 1:43PM
They should consider changing the name of Citigroup to 601 Lexington Avenue. This way they pay nothing for the naming rights and get to escape all the negative history that goes with the Citigroup name. What are all the idiot protesters going to do if they don't have the Citi name on the building? No one in those crowds seems to have an IQ high enough to figure out the trading operations are downtown.
- Fixed Income